Membership Memo

Easter Greetings Worthy Grand Knights!

I want to thank you all for the hard work you have been putting in recruiting new members to the Order. We recruited 109 new Brother Knights in March, which makes it the most successful March in four years!  We are well along now in April with 43 members as of today. 

With Holy Week behind us, and our "spiritual batteries" recharged with joy in Our Lord's Resurrection, let's resume our efforts to grow the Order in Arizona.  We have about 10 weeks to go and still need to recruit at least 281 new members.  This is a big number, but I know with each of your councils' support, this is a number we can reach.  (If your council has not yet conducted a Spring Church Drive, get one scheduled ASAP!  Remember, Church Drives work!)

Remember, in addition to Membership, we need to grow the Order in Insurance and make our impact in Programs.  Combined with Membership growth, Insurance growth and Programs are needed to reach Star Council.  As of today, 7 Councils have reached their Membership and Insurance goals.  18 more have reached membership goals but need insurance numbers, 10 have reached Insurance and not yet Membership.  Don't forget, your Field agent is a powerful resource for membership growth.  Work with him!

Congratulations to those Councils that have reached (or almost reached) their goals.  I encourage you to continue working hard toward Star Council!  Don't miss Star or the Columbian Award by failing to submit a complete Form SP-7 or any other required form!  It's time to start getting those SP-7 forms submitted (even if some programs will be completed between now and the end of the Fraternal Year) in plenty of time to correct any deficiencies.

State Intake
Goal	Actual	Need	% of Goal
950	669	281	70.42%
Position =	28	out of 74

The following councils are at 75% or better net membership:

Council	Location	% of Goal
1858	Douglas	250
12338	Scottsdale	250
14804	Cashion	225
14139	Tucson	225
9446	Mesa	180
1784	Nogales	171
14121	Tucson	167
1032	Prescott	136
13719	Anthem	130
13278	Phoenix	129
11738	Glendale	127
13272	Oro Valley	125
12449	Scottsdale	125
10540	Gilbert	120
12708	Phoenix	120
15164	Nogales	117
8100	Bullhead	114
8305	Yuma	113
7465	Phoenix	108
10070	Sahuarita	100
15704	Picture Rocks	100
13836	Tempe	100
11440	Peoria	100
13024	Luke Air Force Base	100
13841	Eloy	100
9482	Chandler	95
12164	Scottsdale	90
5133	Tucson	89
11675	Litchfield Park	88
11116	Carefree	82
9838	Wickenburg	80
12078	Show Low	80
6627	Tempe	78
12313	Scottsdale	78
16277	Chandler	75
1229	Flagstaff	75
3136	Casa Grande	75
9312	Scottsdale	75

Brothers, each of you are leaders in the Arizona Jurisdiction have a key role and responsibility to grow the Order in Arizona.  You Councils can only reach Star Council and the State can only reach Circle of Honor with your leadership.  Keep up the good work, and we can make it!

Fraternally,

Kevin McCarthy
State Membership Director
Arizona State Council
Knights of Columbus
Cell: (602) 684-8125
http://www.azknightsofcolumbus.org

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Vivat Jesus!

Howard Birnbaum State CO Chairman 

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